Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department (a) are currently on a persoanl improvement plan, (b) have been on a personal improvement plan for over one year and (c) have been on a personal improvement plan for more than two consecutive years; and what the grades are or were of such staff.

The response relates to formal personal improvement plans under DECC poor performance policy. The response to your question is in the table below, and the figures are out of 1579 civil servants working in DECC:

In relation to (a), the grades of such staff are: Grade 6, Grade 7, Higher Executive Officer (HEO) and Executive Officer (EO).